ELN at German universities

Centrally hosted and operated ELN installations

Chemists need the right tools to be able to work with digital data. Electronic lab notebooks (ELNs) are indispensable for laboratory work, as they make it possible to read in digital data directly from measuring devices and to realise the entire work from planning to experiments to publication completely digitally – and without media discontinuity.

However, not everyone can easily install an ELN for themselves or their working group. It is therefore helpful to see that a whole range of universities in Germany offer centrally hosted and maintained ELNs for their staff.

There are two special cases: Max Planck Institutes benefit from a central installation of an ELN at the Max Planck Centre. And all colleges and universities in Lower Saxony benefit from the academic cloud of the Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen, where an ELN is offered to all researchers from Lower Saxony.

CityUniversity / InstitutionELNOffering DepartmentURL
AachenRWTH Aachen UniversityeLabFTWITChttps://help.itc.rwth-aachen.de/service/f8e5628b6ca44fc8bb108081a4cf7ce8/
AachenUniversity Hospital RWTH AacheneLabJournalResearch Data Dean’s Office UKAhttps://elab.cloud.ukaachen.de/doc/
BerlinMax Delbrück Center for Molecular MedicineRSpacehttps://www.mdc-berlin.de/research/infrastructure/data-management/electronic-lab-notebook
BonnUniversity of BonnRSpaceResearch Data Service Centerhttps://www.hrz.uni-bonn.de/de/services/web-dokumentation/rspace
BraunschweigTechnische Universität BraunschweigChemotionResearch Data & Transparencyhttps://www.tu-braunschweig.de/forschung/forschungsdaten-transparenz/forschungsdaten/fdm-services/aktives-forschungsdatenmanagement
Braunschweig-WolfenbüttelOstfalia University of Applied SciencesChemotionAcademic Cloud Lower Saxonyhttps://academiccloud.de/services/chemotion/
BremenUniversity of BremenChemotionAcademic Cloud Lower Saxonyhttps://academiccloud.de/services/chemotion/
BremerhavenUniversity of Applied Sciences BremerhavenChemotionAcademic Cloud Lower Saxonyhttps://academiccloud.de/services/chemotion/
Clausthal-ZellerfeldClausthal University of TechnologyChemotionAcademic Cloud Lower Saxonyhttps://academiccloud.de/services/chemotion/
Clausthal-ZellerfeldClausthal University of TechnologyeLabFTWResearch Data Managementhttps://www.fdm.tu-clausthal.de/angebote/elektronisches-laborbuch
DarmstadtTechnical University of DarmstadteLabFTWHRZhttps://www.tu-darmstadt.de/tudata/dienste/elabftw/index.de.jsp
DresdenTechnische Universität DresdeneLabFTWRZhttps://tu-dresden.de/forschung-transfer/services-fuer-forschende/kontaktstelle-forschungsdaten/eln
Duisburg-EssenUniversity of Duisburg-EsseneLabFTWResearch Data Serviceshttps://www.uni-due.de/rds/elb.php
DüsseldorfHeinrich Heine University DüsseldorfeLabFTWCenter for Information and Media Technologyhttps://www.zim.hhu.de/servicekatalog/forschungsunterstuetzung/elabftw
Emden-LeerUniversity of Applied Sciences Emden / LeerChemotionAcademic Cloud Lower Saxonyhttps://academiccloud.de/services/chemotion/
Erlangen-NürnbergFriedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-NürnbergLabFolderFaculty of Medicinehttps://www.med.fau.de/2024/04/10/elektronisches-laborbuch-labfolder/
Frankfurt am MainGoethe University FrankfurteLabFTWUniversity Libraryhttps://www.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/forschungsdaten/laborbuecher.html
GöttingenUniversity of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim/Holzminden/GöttingenChemotionAcademic Cloud Lower Saxonyhttps://academiccloud.de/services/chemotion/
GöttingenUniversity of GöttingenChemotionAcademic Cloud Lower Saxonyhttps://academiccloud.de/services/chemotion/
GöttingenUniversity Medical Center GöttingenRSpacehttps://eln.med.uni-goettingen.de/
HalleMartin Luther University Halle-WittenbergeLabFTW–https://elb.uni-halle.de/
HamburgUniversity of HamburgeLabFTWResearch Data Management (FDM)https://www.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/ueber-uns/a-nachrichten/eln-elabftw.html
HannoverHochschule Hannover University of Applied Sciences and ArtsChemotionAcademic Cloud Lower Saxonyhttps://academiccloud.de/services/chemotion/
HannoverLeibniz University HannoverChemotionAcademic Cloud Lower Saxonyhttps://academiccloud.de/services/chemotion/
HannoverLeibniz University HannovereLabFTWResearch Data Management (FDM)https://www.fdm.uni-hannover.de/de/tools/elabftw
HeidelbergHeidelberg UniversityeLabFTWUniversity Computing Centre (URZ)https://www.urz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/service-catalogue/software-and-applications/elabftw
HildesheimUniversity of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim/Holzminden/GöttingenChemotionAcademic Cloud Lower Saxonyhttps://academiccloud.de/services/chemotion/
Jade Jade University of Applied SciencesChemotionAcademic Cloud Lower Saxonyhttps://academiccloud.de/services/chemotion/
JenaFriedrich Schiller University JenaeLabFTWUniversity Computing Centre (URZ)https://elabftw.hs-itz.de/
JenaFriedrich Schiller University JenaChemotionNFDI4Chem Teamhttps://chemotion.uni-jena.de/
KielKiel University (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel)eLabFTWComputing Center (RZ)https://www.rz.uni-kiel.de/de/tipps/Elektronisches%20Laborbuch
LeipzigLeipzig UniversityeLabFTWFaculty of Medicinehttps://www.urz.uni-leipzig.de/en/service-catalogue/servicedetail/service/software-electronic-laboratory-notebook-eln
LüneburgLeuphana University of LüneburgChemotionAcademic Cloud Lower Saxonyhttps://academiccloud.de/services/chemotion/
MainzJohannes Gutenberg University MainzChemotionNFDI4Chem Teamhttps://chemotion-01.zdv.uni-mainz.de/home
MainzJohannes Gutenberg University MainzeLabFTW–https://elabftw.uni-mainz.de/login.php
Munich / NationwideMax Planck SocietyLabFolderMax Planck Digital Libraryhttps://labfolder.mpdl.mpg.de/home/
MünsterUniversity of MünstereLabFTWResearch Data Managementhttps://www.uni-muenster.de/Forschungsdaten/en/angebote/werkzeuge/elabftw.html
OldenburgUniversity of OldenburgChemotionAcademic Cloud Lower Saxonyhttps://academiccloud.de/services/chemotion/
OsnabrückOsnabrück University of Applied SciencesChemotionAcademic Cloud Lower Saxonyhttps://academiccloud.de/services/chemotion/
OsnabrückUniversity of OsnabrückChemotionAcademic Cloud Lower Saxonyhttps://academiccloud.de/services/chemotion/
OttersbergUniversity of Applied Arts OttersbergChemotionAcademic Cloud Lower Saxonyhttps://academiccloud.de/services/chemotion/
PotsdamUniversity of PotsdameLabFTWCenter for Information Technology and Media (ZIM)https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/eln/index
RegensburgUniversity of RegensburgChemotionUR Data Hubhttps://datahub.ur.de
RegensburgUniversity of RegensburgeLabFTWUR Data Hubhttps://datahub.ur.de
RostockUniversity of Rostock–University Libraryhttps://www.ub.uni-rostock.de/wissenschaftliche-services/forschungsdaten/forschungsdaten/taskforce-forschungsdaten/
VechtaUniversity of VechtaChemotionAcademic Cloud Lower Saxonyhttps://academiccloud.de/services/chemotion/
WürzburgJulius-Maximilians-University of WürzburgLabFolderComputing Center (RZ)https://www.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de/dienste/forschung-digital/eln/
WürzburgJulius-Maximilians-University of WürzburgChemotionComputing Center (RZ)https://www.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de/dienste/forschung-digital/eln/
WürzburgJulius-Maximilians-University of WürzburgeLabFTWComputing Center (RZ)https://www.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de/dienste/forschung-digital/eln/

Table as of Sep. 2025

If you know of any other centrally operated ELNs, please let us know at helpdesk@nfdi4chem.de

Last edited: 09/10/25


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